In 1807, after signing the Treaties of Tilsit which ended a war between France and Russia, Napoleon proposed a celebratory rabbit hunt. He put his chief of staff Alexandre Berthier in charge. Berthier found a rabbit farmer in the area who sold him hundreds of rabbits. The rabbit cages were spread out in a field and when Napoleon and his generals came into the field, the rabbits were released. But instead of scattering in all directions, most of them charged towards Napoleon. His men tried to shoo the rabbits away, but soon Napoleon was in danger of being mobbed by the bunnies. He retreated to his carriage and raced away, tossing rabbits out the window as he went. It turns out that the Emperor looked like the farmer and the rabbits expected Napoleon to have their food.
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